What does it take to create a program that matters to youth? We consider the issues from the theoretical to the practical through our work in Project Coach. PC is a Smith College program that teaches teenagers to be youth sport coaches. As a coach, our teenagers must inspire, communicate, problem solve, resolve conflict, plan strategically, and deploy a range of emotional intelligences.
PC uses sports as a means to engage, connect, and empower adolescents.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

First Aid

On Monday Aaron Parrish, a Medical Student from Tufts who is working at Baystate, came to Project Coach to give the Blue Shirts some first aid training. Many of the elementary school kids who will be playing basketball this season will complain of jammed finger, sprains, and possibly breaks. Aaron Parrish went through multiple possible scenarios of what could happen and what should be done in each instance. The Blue Shirts then practiced bandage wrapping on each other before finishing off the session by asking Aaron Parrish their questions about being a Medical student.